Reunion draws Exes back for Bondi event and local updates
The 1975 Bondi Exes reunion wrapped on a second day with attendees from near and far appreciating improvements after the old high school building fire. Local notes include an immunization clinic, a bicentennial themed banquet, a near-miss with a bird nest, a recovered forgotten car, jury duty cancellations, and praise for Bonham’s bicentennial displays.
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Bondi Exes
Fannin County
Sam Rayburn Drive
Governors Disagree On Ford Congress Energy Plan
In New Orleans UPI reports governors show broad disagreement with Ford and Congress on energy policy. Most prefer allocation approaches over Ford’s administration proposals, highlighting a split over how to address nationwide energy needs.
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New Orleans
UPI
Ford
Congress
French General Stehlin in Paris hospital after bus crash
Gen Paul Stehlin longtime French air force chief and National Assembly deputy remained in very serious condition after a bus collision in Paris. Doctors performed a tracheotomy to ease breathing as the controversy over his alleged decade on Northrop payroll and the arms deal rages.
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Paris
UPI
Paul Stehlin
Stehlin
National Assembly
Cen ER
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Northrop
General Dynamics
Air Force
Belgium
US Senate
Bonham Hosts 1975 Alumni Weekend Arrivals
Hundreds of alumni converged on Bonham on Saturday for the 1975 event, many seeing the gathering for the first time. Men and women scanned faces and name tags to locate classmates, while others dispersed to receptions in homes or halls around town. The high school offered gathering spaces for classes without separate plans as the reunion activities began.
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Bonham
Ceepan Aonee
Denton
Bonhiexes
Wellimer Miller
Nannie Lee Alexander
Columbia, Md
Roger Harper
Gainesville, Fla
Roberto Morriss
Mexico City
Dee J. Kelly
Dallas-Fort Worth
Richard Eds MacConnell
Taylor Ray
Buddy) Williams
True
Jessie) Adams
Annie Pearl Heaton
VFW
Lake Bonham
Kate Reed Estes
Belgium picks F16 over Mirage in arms deal
Belgium chose the F16 jet over the Mirage for its air force in a decision hailed as the arms deal of the century. The pact, worth about 2 billion dollars to the United States, opens the way for the Netherlands Denmark Norway and Belgium to buy 334 F16s, with Brussels to follow by ordering 102 planes to replace 60 Mirage fighters. Prime Minister Leo Tindemans said the government would proceed with the order, delaying final steps since January.
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Brussels
UPI
United States
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
Norway
Prie
Leo Tindemans
Tindemans
Dassault
Paris
Churac
le Bourget Air Field
Pyotr Dementiev
Shimon Peres
Hosni Mubarak
Cuadra Medina
General Sai
Fort Worth
NATO
General Dynamics
Sneak Thief Steals 56 Dollars in Bonham Break-in
A thief entered Mrs. Addie Thomas’s home at 914 North Main in Bonham before noon Friday and stole $56 from a wallet. Police said drawers and bedside stands were rummaged as the burglar searched for valuables.
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Addie Thomas
North Main
F16 Order: Fort Worth Sees Boost From New Fighter Deal
Fort Worth reacts to the UPI report that Belgium ordered 102 F16 fighters from General Dynamics, with NATO partners Denmark Netherlands Norway and Belgium to buy hundreds more. Australia also placed orders, signaling a multibillion dollar deal and thousands of new jobs at General Dynamics. The YF16 program, chosen after testing, aims to augment existing fighters as production ramps up in the Fort Worth plant built in 1941.
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Fort Worth
Tex
UPI
Bill Bullock
Bullock
FE Campo
United States
General Dynamics
General Dynamics System
Iran
Israel
Defense Department
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Felix McKnight
Chamber of Commerce
Felix
Dallas
Bill Langford
USAF
Chambers of Commerce
Don McAlister
Lil Williams
Fannin
Sixth District Court
Henry Braswell
Elease Purdy
Elease
Sendak St
Jody McMillan
EXES
Exes Association
Joe
David Miller
Stan Norwood
Roy
Jody) McMillan
Richard
Jo Ann) MacConnell
Larry
Alana) Munger
Mond, Va
Ford Congress
Fort Worth Plum
U.S
European Plane
Pentagon
Northrop Corporation
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